Victor Wembanyama in the win tonight: 17/14/3 with 6 blocks on 88.2% TS
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401869386
17 points
14 rebounds
3 assists
5⁄7 FG, 1⁄2 3PT, 6⁄6 FT
He only scored 17 tonight because he only made 5⁄7 field goals. That’s 71.4%. He didn’t miss a lot of shots. He simply took way less.
Wemby came to this game with the intention of dominating the defensive end, not the offense, and let his entire team handle the scoring. Fox, harper, and champagnie received the memo and this is the result; they got their first playoff series win after 9 years, in dominating fashion.
Dude sat in the dunker spot or corner damn near all 4th idk why
I think that’s all deliberate. Wemby could have scored A LOT by lobs alone but there’s no need to. Spurs team were scorching hot offensively. Perfect time for Fox (and others) to ramp up his game before the much competitive 2nd round.
Wemby’s got a lot of openings and mismatches in this game but decided ‘nah, Foxy and harp got this’ and proceeded to decimate the blazers on the defensive end.
Betting they’re trying to keep him injury free too. He can save that aggressiveness for the next round.
Wemby is a one man wrecking crew on defense, which is why you’ll see games like this from.time to time.
Still insane impact on fhe floor.
Legit insane that this motherfucker is exceeding expectations. I think no one expected him to be an MVP candidate and possible champion in Year 3, and in this fashion… dude legit might already be the best defender of the last 20 years in year 3 WTF
Best defender of all time*
I genuinely think he’s already the best defender of all time (minus accolades and longevity obviously). I’ve never seen players straight up nope out of the paint because they see him there
In time, Wemby will go down with Bill Russell level reputation for his defensive exploits for the future generations after he retires (if healthy).
If his offensive output gets even to 50% of his defensive output, he’d be the next unanimous MVP (I know we had one recently but that is still unprecedented all things considered).
can’t wait to see him son SGA
Castle will be helping with that. Even someone as good as Wemby can’t do everything on defense, especially against a perimeter player as talented offensively as SGA.
They are not even the matchup when we play the Spurs dude, it’s SGA v Castle, Wemby and SGA won’t meet much times in the court if anything is going according to both team’s plans
17 pts in 34 minutes is just a role player level of scoring.tbh
the nerds will love that TS%.. they already saved this post for 5 years debates from now
Shouldn’t your team be sweeping the Thunder right now?
why the fuck do you have raps are champs with a clippers flair LOL
Kawhi fanboy
TS is the most normal stat ever
You already thinking in 5 years? Just like when the Clips traded SGA?